Part 3

Clark could feel his heart pounding rapidly against his chest. He needed to get Doomsday out of the submarine, far away from Lois who was carrying their child, far away so Doomsday could never kill another soul again. Too many had died the ten years before by this beasts hands. It had been his fault. It had been his plan to split the beast from Davis Bloom. He had thought he could save Davis from the darkness that was consuming him. The darkness that had been engineered by Zod in the Phantom Zone who had sent his mutated son to earth for one soul purpose kill Jor-El's son.

Davis Bloom aka Doomsday was supposed to kill him. He had grown up on earth, but unlike Clark never found a home of his own. He was first captured by Lionel Luther men because Lionel believed that Davis was The Traveler. The chosen one and wanted to use the gifts for his own gain, but when it became clear that Davis was not the child he had been searching for he had Davis thrown to the streets where Davis was eventually found by law enforcement and was bounced from foster home to foster home, because no one knew how to deal with a kid who had nightmare.

Clark had always wondered what he would have become had Lionel found him instead and ironically years later he would find out, but not before trying to save the one who he felt should have been his brother. Just maybe things would have been different. And it was because of that 'what if' that would result in a deadly mistake, a mistake he has had to live with and has never forgiven himself for..

Once Davis and the beast were separated the beast known only as Doomsday nearly killed Oliver, Bart, Chloe and Dinah, as he made his escape to the city where he killed dozens of people. How many children lost their mothers and fathers? How many lost someone they loved? How many lives were cut too short? Clark didn't know, but he knows it was one too many.

….And Doomsday was not the only one who had shed blood that day. Davis Bloom, the man he wanted to save, the man who he wanted to have a second chance killed Henry James Olsen after he learned the truth that Chloe had only stayed with him all that time keep the beast within him tame only to protect Clark and that she never really loved him. Her heart belong to Jimmy the man she had married, the man she had wanted to spend the rest of her life with. Davis would have killed Chloe too had it not been for Jimmy, who with his dying breath killed Davis. Jimmy did what Clark could never bring himself to do. He has often wondered if that had been a mistake. He had been afraid of getting blood on his hands, but by not killing Davis from the beginning he had gotten blood on them anyway.

He has never forgiven himself, a part of him had wished when he awoke from the ruble where they had buried Doomsday and after learning about how many had died, including Jimmy and then not being able to find Lois anywhere. He wished he had died. Those effected by Doomsday's attack had been his fault. Chloe s heart was broken, the team Oliver and him created were torn because they didn't trust each other enough and then there was Lois who had vanished without a trace. Lois was supposed to meet the Blur at their phone-booth, at the exact moment of Doomsday's attack. Clark had feared that Doomsday has killed her and tore her to shreds, so there would be nothing left to find. Thankful that didn't happen, but he never truly let go of that possibility that if she hadn't put on the legion ring and was sent to the future. That she would have been in that phone booth and Doomsday would have found her...

NO!No! I wont let that happen!

He would not let Doomsday take her away from him. He would not let Doomsday kill another soul. He would not allow the mighty beast to destroy the lives they all have made together. Chloe would always love Jimmy, but she had found love with Oliver and started a family with him. The Justice League is stronger than ever and they trust each other with their lives. There is nothing they would not do for each other. And him and Lois are the happiest they have ever been. It hadn't been an easy road, but he wouldn't trade any of it for anything.

"It's time to end this!" exclaimed Clark as he lifted Doomsday up over his shoulder and shot through the ceiling of the submarine like a rocket towards space where he would take care of Doomsday for good, so the mighty beast could never hurt anyone ever again.

Toyman aka Winslow Schott hoped out of the submarine smiling wickedly as Superman disappeared out of sight. He quickly looked at his watch. "Time to go!" he exclaimed as he headed up the docks only to stop dead in his tracks by both Impulse and Green Arrow.

"Not so fast Toyman!" exclaimed Bart.

Toyman looked over his shoulder to see if there was another exist, but he saw Aquaman who has just climbed out of the water walking towards him. He turned back and set his eyes on Green Arrow, Oliver Queen his former boss. "Mr. Queen, I believe you haven't introduced me to your friends. Very rude."

"Shut the hell up, Winslow!" exclaimed Oliver having no time for Toymans games. He got right into his former employees face. "Where is Lois Lane?"

"Why I have no idea what you mean?" answered Toyman playfully not at all intimidated. His eyes then fell onto Impulse and a grin appeared on his face as he turned back to Oliver. "Did your little friend carry you here?" he gloated. "How embarrassing for you?"

"Who you calling shorty, fatso!" exclaimed Impulse as he crossed his arms against his chest.

"Cool your jets Impulse," annouched Oliver knowing better than to play into Toymans mind games. "Don't give him the satisfaction."

"Oh I'm afraid it's a little late for that," replied Toyman who had yet to stop grinning. Soon everything would come together and there would be nothing any of them could do to stop it. Not even Superman.

"I don't like the sound of that," annouched AC. He usually wasn't one to get shaken up about anything, but the sound in Toymans voice and the way he said it made his stomach turn. He couldn't know for sure as this is his first encounter with Toyman, but he had heard stories from both Oliver and Lois, so he knew what to expect if their paths should ever cross. But this was unlike anything he had ever expected.

Oliver hated to admit it, but AC was right. Something just wasn't right here. Toyman had done something and by the big wide eyed grin on the toymakers face. It wasn't anything good. "What have you done!" Oliver grabbed Toyman by the collar of his shirt. "What have you done!" he demanded again.

Toyman never answered. He stood still never dropping his smile as he continued to stare into Olivers shade covered eyes which though he could not see the eyes behind the shades. Winslow knew they were full of panic as each time he heard Oliver demanding what he had done his voice became more frantic each time he said it.

"Hey!" Impulse exclaimed seeing a green smog coming from the submarine. "There's green smoke coming from the sub." He started walking towards it with AC leading the way.

Oliver didn't think anything of it until he saw a change in Toymans expression. Shit! Oliver turned away from Toyman and shouted towards his friends. "Both of you back away, that gas is the fear gas he stole from Star Labs," his voice rang in time, as both Bart and AC doubled back away from the sub.

AC turned to Oliver, his heart pounding against his chest. "Oliver, Clark was inside the sub, if the gas was mixed with kryptonite. He would be infected," exclaimed AC worriedly, knowing that a super-powered fearful Clark was the last thing they needed.

"Lucky for me it already was," gloated Toyman with a smirk on his face.

"You know I've just had about enough of your mouth," exclaimed Bart. "Ollie let me take him around for a spin a few hundred times. I'll get him to spill."

Oliver knew that every second that passed was one second closer to whatever Toyman had done. "Where is she Winslow? Where is Lois?"

"I'll get him to talk!" exclaimed Kara as both she and Conner joined the group. She grabbed a hold of him and started to lift him off the ground. "Let's see how you like heights."

"Oh Miss Power Puff Girl if I'm not scared of that cousin of yours. What makes you think you can scare me into telling you what I've done?" he sneered. "It wont be long now...just a few more minutes."

"Put him down Kara!" exclaimed Oliver. "No more games, where is Lois!"

Toyman continued to smile that mocking smile of his. "Haven't you figured it out yet? Come now Oliver, I know you're smarter than that. It was you who fired me after all."

Winslow Schott had been one of his best techs, but after he started planting bombs inside toys he fired him. Olivers heart skipped a beat. "A bomb!" Toyman had planted a bomb somewhere.

"Oh not just any bomb," grinned Toyman. "Not even you two will be able to stop it," he eyed both Conner and Kara.

"The detonator," exclaimed Conner. "Get him to tell us where that is, I can stop it."

"I'm afraid I didn't us a detonator, but you already knew that didn't you Oliver."

Oliver felt a lump in his throat. He felt sick to his stomach and his face started to turn pale as he back away from Toyman. "The equipment your stole from Star Labs could be used to make a trigger."

"So we search him and find the trigger," exclaimed Kara as both she and Conner used their x-ray vision.

"He doesn't have it on him..." Oliver could feel his heart racing.

"Yes. And where is it Oliver? Where is the trigger ….or better who is the trigger?"

That's when it hit everyone. Lois was the trigger. Toyman had kidnapped Lois and connected the trigger to her. Oliver could feel his heart racing faster and faster. He turned away from Toyman who was being heavily guarded by both Kara and Conner. Oliver set his panic filled eyes on AC. "You saw Clark shoot out of the submarine. Was anyone with him?"

"I...I..." and that when it hit AC just what Oliver was asking him.

Toyman started laughing, amused by the horrific looks on their faces. "I don't know who or what Doomsday is, but he was sure terrified of it."

"Doomsday?" questioned Bart. "I thought we took care of that boney rock giant years ago." And then he remembered the fear gas in the submarine and that Clark had been exposed to it. His heart skipped several beats Oh no! "That's not Doomsday..."

"SHIT!" shouted Oliver knowing all too well how Clark feels about Doomsday and what he would do if he were ever faced with the beast again. The whole Doomsday ordeal and Jimmy's death was what had put a wedge between them and had taken a while before any of them trust each other again. Clark would do everything within his power to make sure that never happened again.

"Oh no..." cried Kara, as both she and Conner shot up to the sky, but not before tying up Toyman making sure he couldn't escape. "Come on Conner, we have to go..."

Oliver quickly pressed the mic button on his ear. He needed to get a hold of Clark. "Clark!" he shouted.

"It's too late!" exclaimed Toyman. "There is nothing you can do. Once her hearts stops, it's all over."

Oliver ignored Toymans words was he continued to try to get through to Clark. "Clark! Clark I need you to answer me right now. It's an emergency!"

"He can't hear you!" laughed Toyman. "He's too scared to even recognize that the person he loves the most is the one he has been brutally beating to death."

"Shut your mouth!" shouted AC as he got into Toymans face his fists clenching. "Or I will shut it up for you permanently!"

"I like to see you try fish boy," challenged Toyman. He could see that Aquaman wanted nothing more than to beat the living daylight against him. "...But that would go against your code wouldn't it. The code that your leader set for each and everyone of you. ….Or maybe you're just too scared?"

"Don't listen to him," annouched Bart as he gripped AC shoulder. "He's just trying to get into your head."

AC took a deep breath and nodded his head knowing Bart was right. He looked Toyman in the eyes. "You better hope she doesn't die, because if she does I'll find a prison where you'll never see the light of day again."

Both AC and Bart walked over to Oliver who was still trying to get through to Clark. All three men looked up at the sky hoping their words would reach Clark in time.

IN SPACE

Superman was deep in space wanting to get Doomsday far away from the earth and was heading towards the sun believing the intense heat of the sun would be enough to destroy Doomsday once and for all. No one would ever have to fear the mighty beast again.

"Clark please, answer. Can you hear me? Dammit Clark, answer!"

"You wont take her away from me," shouted Clark into the beast eyes who was barely fighting him back.

"Clark you have to STOP! It's not Doomsday!" shouted Oliver again through the ear piece. "He's not there."

Clark was shaken by Olivers words. What the hell was Oliver talking about? He could see Doomsday clear as day. It had to be a mistake.

"Clark, you been exposed to kryptonite fear gas..."

BACK ON EARTH

Back on earth Oliver, AC, and Bart were praying that it would not be too late, as Oliver continued to try to get through to Clark, while Kara and Conner hope to get to Clark in time.

"Did you know she was pregnant?" exclaimed Toyman. "A shame I wont be able to make any of my toys for the little tyke!"

That did it. Oliver swung around and punched Toyman smack in the face. "You son of a bitch!" he exclaimed.

IN SPACE

Back in space, both Conner and Kara found Clark, but they also found what they both hoped and prayed they wouldn't. They really had wanted it to be Doomsday or some other monstrous creature that need to be stopped. that was back, They has wanted it to be an asteroid or a planet heading straight for earth. They had wanted it to be anything ...anything than was was before them now. The heart-wrenching sight that neither of them will ever be able to forget, because they knew there was nothing they could do. Anything else they would have been able to stop. But this? What could they do, but watch as it all came crashing done before their eyes.

"Clark!" cried Kara as tears formed in her eyes and her heart broke into a million pieces. She had thought the worst moment in her life had been when her father put her on the ship having to leave behind everything, her home, her friends, ...her mother who she loved more than anything, but this ...this was worst.

Conner was frozen. He couldn't move, he couldn't speak. He could only watch as his brother came to the horror of realization of what was in front of him. And it broke his heart, because there was nothing he could do about it. There was nothing he could do or say that would fix this. It wasn't fair. This wasn't fair... After everything Clark had done for the world, after all the sacrifice both him and Lois had made this shouldn't be how it ended for them. He would give anything, he would give his own life if it meant he could fix this. But he couldn't. There was nothing he could do now. They were too late. ….They were too late.

Clark never turned to face his cousin or brother, as the realization of Olivers words ringing over and over in his head came too. Once the words settled in, his vision of what was real and what was not came to. And that when he saw who he had really been facing, who he had been fighting this whole time. To his mortified horror Clark watched as Doomsday faded away and turned into Lois. His Lois, his beautiful wife, love of his life who he loved more than anything in the world.

"Lois..." his voice crackled in pain, as he could no longer hold his emotions back. "What have I done?" he took her into his arms and held her close. He pressed his face into her hair taking in her scent as he has done every single time they have made love. "Please no. God, please no..." She's his whole world, his everything. He can't lose her. He can't go one without her. He needs her, he can't be who the world needs him to be without her. If it weren't for her he never would have become Superman. "Lois please... please stay with him. Don't go..." he begged as he looked into her red bruised eyes trying to find some sign of life.

Lois faintly opened her eyes, she smiled a weak smile as he slowly raise her hand up and gentry brushed his cheek with her thumb. She kept her eyes steady on his, his beautiful blue eyes that she loved so much. The eyes she hoped their child would have. Those kind caring eyes that always made her feel that everything was going to be okay even when it seem impossible. "...I love you...." she gasped with her dying breath.

"Lois?" Tears streamed harder down his face, he couldn't remember the last time he has cried this much. "Lois!" he cried again and again, but she never answered. He held her close to him listening for her heart beat but with each THUMP, it got fainter and fainter, until there was nothing left to hear and then he heard a second heart beat fade away. He could no longer hear two heart beats coming from one person, only the painful beating from his own heart.

"NOOO! NOOO!" he angrily cried.

Kara and Conner started towards him wanting to get him back home. Neither one wanted him to be alone, but just as they were about to head towards believing that this would be the worst of it had just gotten ten time worst. Both of them froze as they both heard cries of millions of people. They didn't want to leave Clark, but they had no choice both headed straight back to earth, back to Metropolis where a great disaster was unfolding.

BACK ON EARTH

Back on the docks across from the city, Oliver, Bart and AC watched to their horror as a massive nuclear explosion united right in the heart of Metropolis. The three men stood frozen watching as a city they all considered to be their home, their city fell to the ground, along with millions of lives and there was nothing they could do but helpless watch as the flames burn brighter and brighter and dark cloud surrounded the once proud city they had once protected.

"Beautiful isn't it," exclaimed Toyman watching in his glory. His plan had been a success where other had failed he had succeeded.

"Mayday...mayday..." Came Victors voice over Olivers ear piece. "We're losing control... We're going down..."

Oliver felt his heart racing, as he pressed his finger to his ear piece. "Cyborg come in," no answer. "Cyborg! Canary, come in. ….Anyone come in." But there was no answer, only static. Oliver turned to Bart and AC who both dropped their heads knowing the chances of their two friends surviving was unlikely. Oliver felt his knees give away. "NOOO!" he shouted as he slammed his fists against the docks.

TO BE CONTINUED